Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-08-11
Jim McGonigal came up from Cass-
vile Yesterday morning.

business in Lone Rock.
Fred Burr goes to Michigan next
week 10 take charge of mail car be-
tween Fort Howard and lshpeming. lie
will run two weeks and lay off one.
He win spend his lay-off weeks at home.
The session of the District Lodge, /.
0. G. T., which is to be held here next
week, on Monday and Tuesday. win be
held in the social room of the Congre-
gational church.
Miss Mertie Sylvester, OF Denver,
Colo, who is spending the summer at
Castle Rock, is visiting a few days at
DR.. Barber's. Her sister, Mrs A. w.
Barber, was down on Monday.
The twenty-first annual catalogue of
the Plalteville Normal School has been
sent us. 1t was printed at the Witness
office and is fine job. The total num-
Der attending the school is AL. The
Lancaster students are Mr. and Mrs.
Fred McNair, Fora Rothschild, Eugene
Gleason, Mary Tebo and Ida Hough.
The young ladies Of Lancaster gave
a very pleasant party at Hyde's Hail
last Friday night. Tabeaux from
Dickens, music, recitations by Miss
Flesh, refreshments and dancing were
the order of the evening. The affair
was complete success.
Joe Alcorn is back from the West.
He tried Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming.
Grant county suits him best Omaha
and Lincoln seem to be the only places
where Lancaster boys like. There's no
place like home.
The prospects for some good races
here the 18th and Goth of this month are
good. Several horsemen have signifed
their intention'to come and bring some
fast stock. A first rate Meeting is ex-
pected. Come and bring your friends.
Grant County fair Sept. p, p. So.
Premium list in this number. Bills
and pamphlets next week.
Mrs. James Rushton went, on Tues
day last to Kenosha to see her daugh-
ter.
Miss Ida Durand, formerly Of Lam
caster was married August ?, in Phil
adelphia to DR.. Henry Redmond Of that
city, They sailed at once for Europe TO
be gone two years.
The oldest son of cx-mayor Ed. NJ
Lowry was born on Friday Aug. ), 1887
A two-year-old daughter of George
Hannum was badly burned on the face,
neck and one arm last Saturday by pull
ling dish Of hot pudding from a table
onto herself.
There are lots of picnic and camping
and fishing parties. The Orion boys
are tho only ones who had any luck last
week fishing. They got about eighty
fine ones. A party of six from here are
up on Green now. Two gentlemen with
their wives just started out and SINH
lar party returned yesterday. A party
of about twenty camped at Castle Rock
Saturday and returned Monday.
The temperance lectures to BIO de-
livered in Lancaster next week, Mon
day and Tuesday evenings, will be given
in the Methodist church. 4. W. Chain,
of Waukesha, Grand Chief Templar of
Wisconsin, will lecture on Monday
evening and Mrs. j. G. Stone, of Ohio,
viii lecture on Tuesday evening All
are cordially invited to attend
Peter Wheelbarrow has changed his
headquarters from Lancaster to Fenni-
more. He came in this morning to
have the address Of his paper changed.
He did not state what his occupation
was to be, but he will probably follow
the same business.
Last Friday morning the sidewalks all
over town were'covered with small slips
OF paper on which was printed "Smoke
our NJ. s. S." Everybody wanted to
know what NJ IS. meant. 1t is the
name Of an extra good 5 cent cigar
manufactured especially for Mcssrs.
Mitchell & Sphinx ofSt. Paul. They are
sold by q great many dealers in this
county.
win Brown, who left here last spring
for Kansas with George Gibbs, has re-
turned TO Lancaster. lie did not like
Kansas at all lie tried Colorado with
the same result. He has worked at al
most everything since he left, but says
he can do better, enjoy better health
and have better time here than any
whore he has been. Gibbs is not en-
gagged in barbsring, but is running
street sprinkler in Wichita. He wants
to come back to Wisconsin.